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The St. Johns herald., 1887-10-06
Something to Smile 1t.

Great scott, man isn't he 0nt of the rankest Anglomaniacs il town?"-Tid-Bits.
 Bridget, you are never in the kitchen when I want you. How is it?"
 "Sure, mum, it's for the raisor there's no tellin' when you're a. wantin' me" ."-The Epoch.
 George" she said, tenderly, "do you believe in the old saying, Out of sight, out of mind?'"
 "Well, no; not altogether" re- sponded George, hesitatingly. "For instance, take a boil on the back of ones neck. New York Sun.
 'The gentleman who is about to shoot" said the master of ceremo- nies at target practice, lis a famous French duelist."
 Then the frightened crowd got right in front of the target and be- gan to breathe easy.-N. Y. Sun.
 Young Dimmock-Did you enter Raggles at this years dog show?
 Miss Huidepoker-Oh, no, in deed You know, since poor grandpa's death, We have none of us been out at all.-Puck.
 Er oman wins CT man by de way she acks; CT man wins CT 'oman by what he says.
 Sometimes CT dozen wise men may git tergeder an be foolish, but CT dozen fools kain't neber git ter geder an be wise.
 De thoughts dat CT pusson thinks fur no one but hisse'f air his best an his wust. Dem what comes be- tween he gins ter de public.
 It is sometimes easier ter hatter CT wise man den it is CT fool, fur de wise man may think dat yer's got some cause ter praise him. but der fool may know at once dat yer's CT liar.-Arkansaw Traveller.
 Little Ethel has a bachelor uncle, and she had noticed that when he wanted to be very emphatic he used a certain monosyllable word of four letters. Not long ago. Ethel was afflicted with quite a severe pain under her little apron, the result of | too free an indulgence in the tooth some cucumber. When Uncle Jack | came home at supper time he was informed of the grievous plight of his little favorite and hastened to her comfort: "Well, Ethel, my | dear," he said, advancing to the sofa, ''how do you feel, now?" Pretty damn miserable. thank you,. Uncle Jack" she replied with an air of having said quite the proper thing under the circumstances.
 About two weeks ago a Dakota farmer was approached hya stranger who said;
 "What will you take for that lit tie Shorthorn yearling out there in the yard"
 "Bout S15."
 'Is he gentle?"
 "Yes."
 "Never bites?"
 "No."
 "No danger of putting a fellow over with his head?"
 "Not a bit-my children play with him when they take a notion"
 "Well, I guess I'll take him. Pm lgent for Hollerwell & Showpoor's Anti-European Circus, and we need mother buffalo for our Wild West department. By the time we put a lump on his shoulders and paint lis horns black you wouldn't know your calf. 1 hope he'll stay gentle, hough, the last one we had hooked hree or four cowboys off their horses, disabled two Buffalo Bills. md drove Texas Jack, the western error up the center-pole. He acted 10 we had to tie him up with the lephants, give him a coat of red { paint and call him the terrible man. ating joggle-wock, captured in | Central Africa at great expense and
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The St. Johns herald., 1887-10-06
Stock Notes.

Cows will be COWS couple oi
 years perhaps sooner. Mark Iit.-Southwestern Stockman.
 Statistics show that about $14,-
 100000 a year Is lost by raising
 scrub cattle in Indian Territory.
 The Silver Belt states that the
 Cibicu Indians complain that the
 whites are taking stolen horses on the reservation and secreting them there.
 There are many people who fig
 ure that cattle will be worth some thing" in a year or two as a result
 of the general cutting down of
 herds which have been going on in the west.
 A New Mexico exchange says
 Mr. James s. Day, of Colfax coun- ty, will start from his Red river ranch next Monday with 500 head of good horses headed for Arizona, where proposes to establish horse ranch. Too much Maxwell grant.
 Oh no, the American Beef Pool is not to make any money as an or ganization. It will only collect 50 cents per head on one million of cattle, which will give the paltry spm of S5OO,00O, which divided among the Heading men" in the concern, would at least pay their wash bills -Nogal Nugget.
 It takes brains to conceive and work up big schemes. If the size of the scheme is any indication of the quantity of brains required in conception, the men who worked up the great American Beef Pool must be largely endowed in that respect. Why, there's millions in it itP'-Nogal Nugget.
 The Sunset road will erect large and commodious stock pens at Ea- gle Pass to accommodate the rapid ly growing trade at that point, ard with that of Mexico in connection with the Mexican Inter- national, which will very soon be to junction with the Mexican Central in the State of Du- rango.-Texas Live Stock Journal.
 Hastings is to have stock yards and packing house. A number of capitalists have become inter ested and have made the capital stock $1,000,000. The company has purchased a tract of land suit able for the purpose, a portion of which will be laid out in lots and sold. The scheme has a real estate tinge about it, and will make some body some money-SOuth Omaha | Stockman.
 We hope the cattlemen of the southwest, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, will turn out in liberal to the Cattle and Horse Growers Association meeting in Kansas City, October 31. One ot the leading arguments used in se- curing the meeting at that point was that representative cattlemen from the southwest would be sure 10 come out and help brace up the The work to be done IS national in character and there should be a general joining of hands throughout the whole cattle producing area. Let the next meet ng be largely attended.-North- western Live Stock Journal.
 
 The Northwestern Live Stock Journal says: Spaying heifers in he west is still going on. Nevada eads in the matter, but Idaho, Utah and Wyoming have done con siderable of this unsexing. Texas, llso, has spayed large numbers. This process will increase the beef output two years hence, but later ,n it will cause heavy deficit It ooks now as if the practice would ,e continued in order to prevent the 'vercrowding of the ranges. Spay- ng increases the hardness of the Inimal and makes the heifcr stock ,-o,@ { I. l
The St. Johns herald., 1887-10-06

HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR WOOL AND
 HIDES, IN TRADE OR CASH
 Salt delivered to cattle sheepmen their ranges prices lower than be obtained any where ee and with promptness and dispatch. Stockmen depend upon the Salt being clean and in good condition All orders promptly filled. Terms furnished application Core spondence solicited.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
Whitewashing Fruit Trees.

One of the most creditable practices
of old-tim orchardists, now l am sorry
to say almost obsolete, was that of
embarrassing the trunks and larger
limbs of fruit trees. 1t may prove un-
slightly from an aesthetic point of view
but the result is death to all manner OF
insects and their eggs hidden away un
der the rough, scaly bark, besides leav-
ing in time healthy smooth surface
after the rains have washed the greater
part of the lime away to act en- fertil'
izer to the roots. Another old-time
idea had its good uses Scraping the
bark of rough diseased trees and then
scrubbing the surface with soap suds
made from good homemade soft soap,
with little flower of sulphur.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27

Use of the Grain Drill.

The grain drill bids fair to head the
useful implements employed by farm
ers. In addition to putting in small
grain, they have come into general use
for sowing all kinds of commercial fer.
tilizers. Many farmers have recently
brought the grain drill to their aid in
planting the corn crop, and prefer it to
any other mode. One with grain
drill can plant eight to twelve acres a
day, and do the work we'll. Still more
recent experiments with the grain drill
prove it to be the most expeditions
mode of preparing and planting truck
garden
A. l. Root in the May number of
Gteooings, discoursing on this subject
says: 1.-The finest stand of spinach
ever saw was put in with grain drill,
and where farmers have such an imple.
ment at hand | believe it would pay to
sow all the garden stuff Perhaps
should say pretty much all; for when it
comes to Lima beans and planting po.
tatoes the grain drill will not answer
exactly. l would, however. run the
grain drill over the garden spot, charg-
ed with phosphate, before planting the
garden to any thing. If you want to
set cabbage or celery, or tomato plants,
your Phosphate is nicely scattered and
mixed with the soil. and your ground
is beautifully marked out. In fact l
don't know of a marker that marks
nicer than grain drill For beets,
onions, etc, the marks are just about
the right distance apart; but if too close
take every other mark, or every third
or fourth one. For carrots and pars-
nips nothing can fix the ground any
nicer. In regard to the economy Of
labor it surely saves time over the old
style of plant (corn) in hills as done in
the old way. The best crop of peas
we ever had were put in with drill
by stopping up the tubes not needed.
The grain drill does all the marking,
furrowing, manuring, dropping the seed
and covering; and does them more per.
fectly than can be done by hand"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
Sairy Rules.

/. Milk from healthy COWS only
should be used, and not until at least
four days after calving.
2. Any harsh treatment that excites
the COW lessons the quantity and Injuries
the quality Of her yield.
3. Cows should be allowed an abund.
ant supply of wholesome, suitable -ft cd
and as much pure water as they will
drink.
4 A supply of salt should be placed
where the cows have access to it every
day.
Cows should not be permitted to
drink stagnant, impure water, nor to
eat clcanings from horse stables, leeks
turnip tops, nor anything that would
give milk an offensive taint.
6. All milk vessels should be thor
oughly cleanscd; first being well wash
ed, then scalded with boiling water,
and afterwards sufficiently aired to keep
them perfectly sweet
Z. Cows should be MIXED with dry
hands, and only after the udders have
been washed or we'll brushed.
S. Milking should be done and milk
should be kept only where the sur
rounding air is pure and free from all
Objectionable and tainting odors. Milk
ing in foul-smelling stable or yard
imparts to milk an injurious faint.
Sour whey should never be fed, nor
should hogs be kept in a milking
yard, or near a milk stand.
8. Tin pals only should be used.
TO- All milk should be properly
strained, Immediately after milking,
and for that purpose detached strainer
is preferable to a strainer pail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
Beneficial Insects.

Beetles are not the only beneficial
insects by any means; by far the great
er number are found among the Hy,
menoptera. This order includes the
parasitic Ichneumon flies, which range
all the way from flies an inch or more
in length, to minute species scarcely
visible to the naked eye, The larger
kinds deposit only one egg in each vic.
tim, while some of the smaller leave
their entire complement of eggs on on
caterpiler. A we'll known example,
which is familiar to most gardeners
may be found in the Tomato worm. A
small, black, mlcrogaster fly goes peer
ing about among the tomato vines until
it espies worm on which it lays its
eggs. These soon hatch, and the tiny
larvae eat their way into the worm and
are soon thickly packed between the
skin and vital organs, where they eat
all the substance that would otherwise
go to make the future moth, and their
presence does not prevent the worm
from eating and growing until the lit
tie parasites are fulfilled, when they eat
their way out of their host, and each
stands on end and spins for itself a tiny
white cocoon. Sometimes these cocoons
are so numerous that the back Of the
worm is almost entirely covered with
them, and now it shrivels and rapidly
shrinks in size and soon dies. And
this work of destruction is constantly
going on all around US Were it not
for these parasites, vegetation could
scarcely exist on the earth.-American
AgricultmlSt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
Development of the Holstein-F Erie
sian.

1t is with no intention of disp araging
any other dairy breed-for they are all
good-that we point to the gradual
and steady development of the Hol-
stein -Friesian and her growth in popu-
lar favor. We do not care to make
particular note of the very large records
which Individual COWS have made un-
der exceedingly favorable circum-
stances-though they show the great
possibilities of Holstein. Bat The herd
records of ordinary herds are perfectly
satisfactory, and show the Ho'stein-
Friesian to be an exceedingly excel
lent animal. We have never heard of
an owner of Holstein- -Friesiau herd
being dissatisfied with his cattle. New
beginners have found, we think, that
the breed has more than answered ex-
pectations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
The Farm.
FARM MISCELLANY.

Varieties, to succeed, must be, as a
rule, the product of the soil and the
climate. At least it can be shown that
the varieties succeeding best in any eli
mate, if not produced in that climate,
were produced under the same or sim
liz climatic condition elsewhere.
The popular error made in feeding
skim.milk is that the feeder, believing g
it to re poorer than whole milk, feeds
it in larger quantities. This is a mis-
taken idea, for skim-mik is richer in
the essential constituents Of animal
growth, and should be fed IN rather
smaller quantities, if any distinction at
all is made.
A sunhower only three and half
feet high, with 5,616 square inches ex'
posed to the air, gives off every twelve
hours twenty to thirty ounces avoirdu-
pois of water in perspiration. Every
large weed in the corn or pasture field
is similarly employed pumping moisture
from the soil and assisting in times of
drouth to make the ground dryer. The
cleanest and best cultivated fields stand
drouth best.
Mr.. John Brooks, of Princeton,
Mass, informs the Neo England Farm
er, that his exp eriments at making
hornless cows of his pure Jersey calves
have been highly satisfactory. Last
spring he operated upor five heifers,
when but few weeks old, taking the
incipient horns and ring of surround
ing skin out at a clean cut, with a
pocket knife It was simple thing
to do, caused little apparent pain and
the sores quickly healed over the hair
soon covering the sunken scar entirely
from view. He proposes to continue
the practice of dehorning his annual in
crease of calves till he shall have full
herd of pure "no horn" Jerseys.
A bulletin of the Ohio Experiment
Station contains the following: "The
old system of pasturing is not consis.
tent with an advanced and progress i've
agriculture, and the time is not far dis
tant when nearly all the food Of cattle
will, in the State of Ohio, be cut and
fed to them. 1t is perfectly safe to
say that almost any farm within the
borders of our State will carry twice as
much stock if this latter plan is pur-
sued. A general change from pastur.
ing to soiling would double the gross
receipts, and would add largely to the
net income of many stock and dairy
farmer To allow cattle to run at large
over good meadow land is wasteful and
unthrifty, and improvident, Half the
number of acres will feed the same
amount of stock, and keep them inDbet-
ter condition, if the product be cut and
placed before them. Rye orchard grass,
clover, millet, sowed corn, sorghum and
other crops can be cheaply and profit
ably grown for the purpose and each
fed in its season. With good one
horse mower and cart, one man can
easily cut and feed the daily ration of
a herd of twenty head in an hours
time"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
WAITING AND TOILET ROOMS FOR LADIES'.
BAGGAGE CHECKED FREE FOR ALL VISITORS.

MADE TO ORDER" DEPARTMENTS both for cL THING 8
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
Active, Pushi lg and Re.
liable.

L. R. Kirk can always be relied on
to carry in stock the purest and best
goods, and sustain the reputation of
being active, pushing and reliable, by
recommending articles with we'll estab'
lished merit and such as are popular.
Having the agency for the celebrated
DIR. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, colds and coughs, will sell it
on positive guarantee. 1t will surely
cure any and every affection of throat
lungs or chest, and in order to prove
our claim, we ask you to call and get
Trial Bottle Free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27

70 SMAL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO- AND CATALOGUES
oAmFLES AND RULES FOR SELF MEASUREMENT
FREE TO ANY ADDRESS,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
ALI Trades and Branches of Busi.
ness are United but Farmers.
A farmer correspondent of an ex-
change truthfully says:

A farmer correspondent of an ex-
change truthfully says:
The greatest curse to the farming
community are the. Boards of Trade.
They are only swindling establishments
by law. 1t is said that the prices of
products are governed by supply and
demand, but they are not They are
controlled by these boards of trade, for
no person can 90 into the market and
sell his products but through them or
the commission men who set the price
and they cannot have a word to say.
The duty of the farmers is to organize
for their own protection and see to it
that no man is elected to any county
or State office, or to our legislatures, or
to Congress who is not pledged to cor.
rect the abuses of the privileges granted
to the railroads and other corporations,
and if they fail to do this. elect them to
remain at home ever after, The farm.
ers have suffered themselves to be led and
cajoled by our politicians, office-seekers
and supporters of the abuses of cor
poIations too long They should awake
out OF their lethargy, assert their rights
and power, drop all party preferences,
unite for their own mutual benefit aud
they could soon tight alltheir grievances
All trades and branches of business ar.
united for rheir own interests and why
| should not the farmers be?'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
Peaches in Maryland.

The Baltimore Sun says: The peach.
growers in what is called the peach belt
along the mountains, near Smithsburg,
Washington county, Nd, are so much
encouraged by their success of last
year that they are planting great
many young trees this spring. Besides
this a number of persons not heretofore
engaged in the business will put out
small orchards of from 400 to 500 trees
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
Dairy Schools in Europe.

Dairy schools are becoming popular
in Ireland. Some such example is only
needed to stimulate Americans to estab-
lishschools where dairying can be learn
ed. The first school Of this kind was
started in 1880 in Munster, Ireland, and
has become so popular that part of the
applicants are refused entrance
for lack of room. Over 300 girls have
received instruction since the school
opened, and Mr.. T. A. Forster, one of
the inspectors Of the Cork butter mar
ket, says that "a very decided improve
ment has taken place in the mauufac-
ture of butter throughout Munster" :"
Other schools have recently been es-
tablished at Glasnevin and at Worries
ton. Prizes are offered in the country
schools to girls who will show that they
can make nice butter in the meagerly
furnished dairles of the neighborhood.
This will result in girls coming to the
schools who are better prepared to take
the systematic course offered. Den
mark has several such schools in sue
cessful operation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
S7so,74s,O69

We think that there is no question
at all, about this being the largest sum
of money in one place in the world or
that was ever seen. 1t has gradually
increased until it is now from $50, 600
900 to S75, 100000 more than it was
about year ago. What is the purpose
of this boarding. During the last
campaign the cry was, take the money
out of the treasury and lower taxation.
1t was an excellent cry, too. But the
money has not been taken out, but has
been steadily increasing. Nothing has
been done and nothing ever will be
done, while the voice Of Wall street is
interpreted as the voice of the nation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-27
The Largest Pile of Money in the
World.

Aperusal of the following figures taken
from the last report of the United
States Treasurer will show in detail the
amount of money that is boarded in the
United States Treasury.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-29

The alleged interview of s Missouri Republican reporter with Gbanncy Depew, in wtach he $ reported as pre- dieting financial crisis next year, coming from man ot pch promih- ence in railroad and 6EaBcial ctrclts, has attracted widespread attention, Altbongh Nr Depew disowns tic lam guage imputed to him, yet many shrewd buslness men see cauaes iu the present. situation which may lead to disar Ier unless there is something like a concerted effort made by Gnan- clal leaders ot the country to guard against it Itls pointed out that the conditions now prevailing are the same as obtained in 1872 when com ing disaster spread it's shadow over the money centers of tEe East. Then as now there was unusual activity in railroad b4ildiag. and excessive spec- ulatiou. .0ne of the worst features at present is the widespread speculation in real estate, which must reaoh a crisis iu California and many Eastern cities of the second grade, before an other six mouths The warning at least should De needed that disaster may be averted
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-29

The most astonishing record in the mining and milling of gold ore, ever attained, IS reported by the $. K. Min ing and Scientific Press, as having been made at the Spanish mine, Eeva- da county, California. The ore is worth only a fraction more than $1 l6 per ton, yet 2796 tons of quartz was mined and treated So as to leavea next profit of Sl572 91, or 56 cents per ton. The expense of mning was y7I cents, and of milling 28 cents per ton. The milling plant consists ot four Huntington mills, three of them five feet ond ono four feet wide. Ar ter crushing, tue pulp passes over sl- ger-plated amalgamating plates though most of the gold is saved in the mills themselves. The deposit of ore is large and easily worked. There IS no hoisting or pumping done. lis quarried out of the side of q bill and run by means of cars to tic mills. The deposit is large and tue ore is quartz and slate mixed, tue vein be- ing about 100 feet wide
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-29

The point upon which Ben. Butler chiefly bases his hope oi securing a writ of error from the Supreme Court of the United States in behalf of tue aAarchists, is the alleged unconstitu- tienality of tie jury law of Illinois which permits man, no matter how strong his prejudice against the ac- eused may be, to sit on the jury if he can swear that he believes himself capable of inipartiaily trying the case,
 The New York law it is said is sim liar to that of the State of Illinois, and has beon pronounced constitutional by tue Court of Appeals.
 The argument upon the application for . wrlt of error, before tue Supreme Court, was set for Thursday last. AL torney-General Hunt of Illinois, was notified to De present and make bis argument in behalf of the State.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-29

A Califoipia Associated Press dis. patch from New York, dated Oct. 2l, says: "The Miuing Committee of ne Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Ex- change to-day notified Rodman Prics, Secretary of the Tortilita Mining Com pany, to appear before them and give an account of the affairs of the com pany. Price replied thnt be was no longer secretary of the company, and the information must come from Joseph H. Reall, Presiy!entof the com pany. He added that Reall was cut of town The statementin tho Herald regarding the property caused de- cline in is shares from 2to 75cepts. Florence Enterprise please copy Fps. BElr,